CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Lesotho

CO2 emissions from land use in Lesotho in 2024 — 6.72 Mt. Ranked 136 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 7,047.9%.

2024 6.72 Mt −4.01% vs 2023
World rank 136of 197
Period maximum 9.55 Mt2016
Period minimum -1.23 Mt2012

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Lesotho, 1850–2024-50510185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.09 Mt1853: 0.12 Mt1856: 0.14 Mt1859: 0.15 Mt1862: 0.16 Mt1865: 0.17 Mt1868: 0.18 Mt1871: 0.2 Mt1874: 0.22 Mt1877: 0.24 Mt1880: 0.24 Mt1883: 0.24 Mt1886: 0.24 Mt1889: 0.24 Mt1892: 0.26 Mt1895: 0.28 Mt1898: 0.29 Mt1901: 0.35 Mt1904: 0.41 Mt1907: 0.44 Mt1910: 0.47 Mt1913: 0.51 Mt1916: 0.53 Mt1919: 0.55 Mt1922: 0.69 Mt1925: 0.76 Mt1928: 0.81 Mt1931: 1.35 Mt1934: 1.79 Mt1937: 2.06 Mt1940: 1.89 Mt1943: 1.38 Mt1946: 1.13 Mt1949: 0.97 Mt1952: 1.13 Mt1955: 1.26 Mt1958: 1.36 Mt1961: 1.15 Mt1964: 1.13 Mt1967: 1.79 Mt1970: 1.69 Mt1973: 1.54 Mt1976: 0.37 Mt1979: 0.67 Mt1982: 0.56 Mt1985: 0.83 Mt1988: 1.26 Mt1991: 1.9 Mt1994: 1.07 Mt1997: 1.12 Mt2000: 0.93 Mt2003: 6.15 Mt2006: 6.3 Mt2009: 1.7 Mt2012: -1.23 Mt2015: 7.45 Mt2018: 5.98 Mt2021: 7.24 Mt2024: 6.72 Mt
Change over the period: +6.63 (+7,047.87%) Average annual rate: 2.48 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 6.72 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,830.12 Mt
Southern Africa computed 15.19 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,158.48 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 6.72 −0.28 −4.01%
2023 7 −0.19 −2.63%
2022 7.19 −0.05 −0.75%
2021 7.24 +0.02 +0.33%
2020 7.22 +0.28 +4.1%
2019 6.94 +0.95 +15.89%
2018 5.98 −3.46 −36.62%
2017 9.44 −0.11 −1.16%
2016 9.55 +2.11 +28.26%
2015 7.45 +7.19 +2,742.75%
2014 0.26 −2.69 −91.12%
2013 2.95 +4.19 +339.14%
2012 -1.23 −0.84 −213.2%
2011 -0.39 −1.09 −157.02%
2010 0.69 −1.01 −59.33%
2009 1.7 −1.43 −45.74%
2008 3.13 −2.18 −41.01%
2007 5.31 −0.99 −15.68%
2006 6.3 +3.89 +161.75%
2005 2.41 −2.17 −47.47%
2004 4.58 −1.57 −25.54%
2003 6.15 +2.43 +65.54%
2002 3.71 +3.66 +6,532.14%
2001 0.06 −0.87 −93.97%
2000 0.93 −0.15 −14.06%
1999 1.08 +0.2 +23.26%
1998 0.88 −0.24 −21.63%
1997 1.12 −0.11 −8.73%
1996 1.23 +0.14 +12.48%
1995 1.09 +0.02 +1.77%
1994 1.07 −0.14 −11.71%
1993 1.21 −0.34 −21.69%
1992 1.55 −0.35 −18.3%
1991 1.9 +0.46 +32.03%
1990 1.44 −0.38 −21.06%
1989 1.82 +0.56 +43.91%
1988 1.26 −0.99 −43.92%
1987 2.25 −0.09 −3.92%
1986 2.35 +1.52 +183.68%
1985 0.83 −0.41 −33.14%
1984 1.24 +0.07 +5.73%
1983 1.17 +0.61 +110.05%
1982 0.56 −0.09 −14.31%
1981 0.65 −0.24 −27.29%
1980 0.89 +0.22 +32.64%
1979 0.67 −0.44 −39.44%
1978 1.11 +0.69 +163.74%
1977 0.42 +0.05 +13.44%
1976 0.37 −1.26 −77.22%
1975 1.63 −0.6 −26.77%
1974 2.23 +0.69 +45.18%
1973 1.54 −0.04 −2.54%
1972 1.58 +0 +0.13%
1971 1.57 −0.12 −6.92%
1970 1.69 −0.21 −10.81%
1969 1.9 +0.14 +8.22%
1968 1.75 −0.03 −1.96%
1967 1.79 +0.29 +19.37%
1966 1.5 +0.15 +11.47%
1965 1.34 +0.21 +18.85%
1964 1.13 −0.05 −3.83%
1963 1.18 +0.07 +6.05%
1962 1.11 −0.05 −3.99%
1961 1.15 −0.13 −9.84%
1960 1.28 −0.09 −6.84%
1959 1.37 +0.01 +0.81%
1958 1.36 +0.05 +3.73%
1957 1.31 +0.04 +3.06%
1956 1.28 +0.01 +1.11%
1955 1.26 +0.09 +7.87%
1954 1.17 −0.01 −0.85%
1953 1.18 +0.05 +4.06%
1952 1.13 +0.07 +6.59%
1951 1.06 +0.05 +4.52%
1950 1.02 +0.05 +5.17%
1949 0.97 −0.05 −4.64%
1948 1.01 −0.05 −4.97%
1947 1.07 −0.06 −5.41%
1946 1.13 −0.07 −5.84%
1945 1.2 −0.08 −6.48%
1944 1.28 −0.1 −7.24%
1943 1.38 −0.12 −8.24%
1942 1.51 −0.16 −9.72%
1941 1.67 −0.22 −11.61%
1940 1.89 −0.3 −13.72%
1939 2.19 +0.06 +2.82%
1938 2.13 +0.07 +3.3%
1937 2.06 +0.08 +3.89%
1936 1.98 +0.09 +4.65%
1935 1.89 +0.1 +5.64%
1934 1.79 +0.12 +7.11%
1933 1.67 +0.14 +9.42%
1932 1.53 +0.18 +13.34%
1931 1.35 +0.23 +20.77%
1930 1.12 +0.29 +35.39%
1929 0.83 +0.01 +1.6%
1928 0.81 +0.01 +1.75%
1927 0.8 +0.02 +2.05%
1926 0.78 +0.02 +2.49%
1925 0.76 +0.02 +2.83%
1924 0.74 +0.02 +3.34%
1923 0.72 +0.03 +4.36%
1922 0.69 +0.04 +5.68%
1921 0.65 +0.05 +7.78%
1920 0.6 +0.06 +10.62%
1919 0.55 +0.01 +0.92%
1918 0.54 +0.01 +0.93%
1917 0.54 +0.01 +1.13%
1916 0.53 +0.01 +1.15%
1915 0.52 +0.01 +1.55%
1914 0.52 +0.01 +1.57%
1913 0.51 +0.01 +2.01%
1912 0.5 +0.01 +2.26%
1911 0.49 +0.01 +2.74%
1910 0.47 +0.02 +3.27%
1909 0.46 +0.01 +1.55%
1908 0.45 +0.01 +2.03%
1907 0.44 +0.01 +2.31%
1906 0.43 +0.01 +2.61%
1905 0.42 +0.01 +3.18%
1904 0.41 +0.02 +4.07%
1903 0.39 +0.02 +4.8%
1902 0.38 +0.02 +6.53%
1901 0.35 +0.03 +8.98%
1900 0.32 +0.04 +12.54%
1899 0.29 +0 +0.7%
1898 0.29 +0 +1.06%
1897 0.28 +0 +1.08%
1896 0.28 +0 +1.09%
1895 0.28 +0 +1.47%
1894 0.27 +0 +1.49%
1893 0.27 +0.01 +2.29%
1892 0.26 +0.01 +2.34%
1891 0.26 +0.01 +3.64%
1890 0.25 +0.01 +2.92%
1889 0.24 +0 +0%
1888 0.24 +0 +0%
1887 0.24 +0 +0.42%
1886 0.24 +0 +0%
1885 0.24 +0 +0%
1884 0.24 +0 +0.42%
1883 0.24 +0 +0%
1882 0.24 −0 −0.42%
1881 0.24 −0 −0.42%
1880 0.24 −0 −0.83%
1879 0.24 +0 +1.26%
1878 0.24 +0 +1.27%
1877 0.24 +0 +1.72%
1876 0.23 +0 +1.75%
1875 0.23 +0.01 +2.24%
1874 0.22 +0.01 +2.29%
1873 0.22 +0.01 +3.32%
1872 0.21 +0.01 +3.94%
1871 0.2 +0.01 +5.73%
1870 0.19 +0.01 +7.87%
1869 0.18 +0 +0.56%
1868 0.18 +0 +1.14%
1867 0.18 +0 +1.16%
1866 0.17 +0 +1.76%
1865 0.17 +0 +1.19%
1864 0.17 +0 +1.82%
1863 0.17 +0 +2.48%
1862 0.16 +0 +2.55%
1861 0.16 +0.01 +3.29%
1860 0.15 +0.01 +4.11%
1859 0.15 +0 +1.39%
1858 0.14 +0 +2.86%
1857 0.14 +0 +2.19%
1856 0.14 +0 +3.01%
1855 0.13 +0.01 +3.91%
1854 0.13 +0.01 +4.92%
1853 0.12 +0.01 +6.09%
1852 0.12 +0.01 +8.49%
1851 0.11 +0.01 +12.77%
1850 0.09

Southern Africa, 2024

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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from land-use change: deforestation, peatland drainage, conversion of land to agriculture — net of absorption by growing forests. This is the only series in the section where values can be negative: a country whose forest cover is expanding absorbs more than it releases. For several countries with active logging this item is comparable to all other emissions combined.

Important: Negative values mean absorption. The estimates here are the most uncertain in all of carbon statistics: they are built from satellite data on forest cover and from models of soil carbon stocks.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.